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There are 18 entries related to GRAM in the AudioEnglish.net dictionary.


1. What does GRAM mean?
pronunciation
This hasn't just one meaning; primarily, it's a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram

2. What does RED GRAM mean?
pronunciation
Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics

3. What does GRAM ATOM mean?
pronunciation
The quantity of an element whose weight in grams is numerically equal to the atomic weight of the element

4. What does GRAM STAIN mean?
pronunciation
It's a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative

5. What does GREEN GRAM mean?
pronunciation
Erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds; chief source of bean sprouts used in Chinese cookery; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus

6. What does HORSE GRAM mean?
pronunciation
Twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos

7. What does GOLDEN GRAM mean?
pronunciation
Erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds; chief source of bean sprouts used in Chinese cookery; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus

8. What does GRAM METHOD mean?
pronunciation
It's a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative

9. What does GRAM CALORIE mean?
pronunciation
Unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure

10. What does GRAM'S STAIN mean?
definition
It's a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative

11. What does GRAM MOLECULE mean?
pronunciation
The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

12. What does GRAM'S METHOD mean?
definition
It's a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative

13. What does GRAM-NEGATIVE mean?
pronunciation
(of bacteria) being of or relating to a bacterium that does not retain the violet stain used in Gram's method

14. What does GRAM-POSITIVE mean?
pronunciation
(of bacteria) being or relating to a bacterium that retains the violet stain used in Gram's method

15. What does GRAM'S SOLUTION mean?
definition
It's a solution used in staining bacteria by Gram's method; consists of one part iodine and two parts potassium iodide and 300 parts water

16. Who is/was HANS C. J. GRAM?
pronunciation
Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938)

17. What does GRAM'S PROCEDURE mean?
definition
It's a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative

18. What does GRAM-ATOMIC WEIGHT mean?
pronunciation
The quantity of an element whose weight in grams is numerically equal to the atomic weight of the element


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